[redeemed_by_His_blood]

If the 'elect' are in fact all those who become obedient after hearing the gospel

If that is true, then the Elect are saved by their own obedience, or works.

Ephesians 2:8-9,

For it is by grace that you are saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Not by works lest anyone should boast.

[asformeandformyhouse]

If that is true, then the Elect are saved by their own obedience, or works.

Perhaps the straw man you're constructing believes this but I do not.